In a bid to promote Case Method of teaching in the management education, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)'s Case Center jointly with Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) organised the fifth Case Method Teaching Seminar (CMTS) at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru on July 07-08, 2017.

The first four editions were conducted at Ahmedabad (2), Hyderabad and Mumbai. IIMA Case Centre and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) jointly conduct the Case Method Teaching Seminar in India twice a year.

At the latest seminar, the faculty included V G Narayanan from Harvard Business School and Sanjay Verma and Sunil Sharma from IIM-Ahmedabad. More than 50 academicians from prominent business schools from across India, Oman and Nepal participated in the Seminar.

"IIM-A is committed to the inductive, discussion based learning model ingrained in the case method. Beginning with our collaboration with HBS more than five decades ago, the Institute has refined the case method approach. We are delighted to have an ongoing program of collaboration with HBP to disseminate and strengthen case method teaching in Indian management schools," said Ashish Nanda, Director, IIM-A.

Anand Kumar Jaiswal, Chairperson - IIM-A Case Centre, said, "IIM-A Case Centre has been developing and distributing management cases globally with a focus on emerging economy such as India. CMTS is part of IIM-A’s efforts to strengthen the case ecosystem in India by promoting case based pedagogy among faculty members from management institutes across Asia."